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Night Owl Poetry – Dorinda Duclos

~ "The silence of the night awakens my soul"

Night Owl Poetry – Dorinda Duclos

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Unrest – #poetry of the end

26 Tuesday Oct 2021

Posted by Dorinda Duclos in dark poetry, Halloween, Poetry

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#poetry, child, death, dorindaduclos.com, grim reaper, Halloween, Night Owl Poetry, poems, unrest, writing


Mama said it was taken care of
“Child, there’s nothing to be scared of”
I close my eyes, and to my surprise
There is something I’m made aware of

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Embattled Child – #poetry #NaPoWriMo

24 Saturday Apr 2021

Posted by Dorinda Duclos in #NaPoWriMo, Poetry

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#NaPoWriMo, #poetry, child, child abuse, Day 24, dorindaduclos.com, Night Owl Poetry, poems, strife, writing


So many times
She masks the tears
Struggles to put
Aside her fears

Another day
A body broken
Nowhere to turn
No words are spoken

Wishes she
Could hide forever
Forget the pain
That leaves her, never

Cries in the night
From a voice unknown
An empty heart
She’s so alone

Is there no one to save
This embattled child
Abused, and wasted
Her body, defiled

To help her find
The one she’s lost
Her self-esteem
That’s long been tossed

Cradle her safely
With loving arms
Never again
Shall she know harm

It only takes one
To give her back herself
No more forgotten doll
Sitting there, on a shelf

She needs to know
There is more to this life
Than endless suffering
And intolerable strife…

 

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Winged Warriors – #poetry #NaPoWriMo

12 Monday Apr 2021

Posted by Dorinda Duclos in #NaPoWriMo, Poetry, Shadorma

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#NaPoWriMo, #poetry, child, Day 12, dorindaduclos.com, dragon, keep, Night Owl Poetry, poems, protector, Shadorma, writing


Dragon’s keep

Where wee ones close by

Sit and play

Without care

Knowing they are protected

By winged warriors

 

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Child – #etheree #poetry #challenge

17 Tuesday Nov 2020

Posted by Dorinda Duclos in Etheree, Poetry

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#poetry, child, Colleen's Weekly Poetry Challenge, dorindaduclos.com, ekphrastic, Etheree, Night Owl Poetry, photo prompt, poems, poetry challenge, reflections, thoughts, writing


Child
Who is
Reflected
On the water
Bares her soul aloud
In the silence of night
As barren trees listen, watch
Her attention lies far away
Scattered thoughts unleash a roaring din
She wonders if the birds can hear them, too

 

WEEKLY #TANKA TUESDAY #POETRY CHALLENGE NO. 203 #EKPHRASTIC #PHOTOPROMPT

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Arrival – #poetry – #autumn #spirits

14 Thursday Nov 2019

Posted by Dorinda Duclos in Poems, Poetry

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#poetry, #poetrycommunity, arrival, autumn, child, dorindaduclos.com, Fall, Night Owl Poetry, poems, spirits, survival, writing

Autumnal colors,
Russet and red,
Draped in a cape,
That covers her head.

She tucks inside,
The golden locks of hair,
Her mama told her,
To never bare.

A mist forms around her, ever so,
There, in the forest, unafraid, though.

They envelop her,
In a magical dance,
She smiles, happily,
This is not happenstance.

Knowing it is they,
Who come to call,
Every November,
Near the end of fall.

And this child awaits, ever patiently, their arrival,
For she counts on them, for her very survival…

 

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